U.S. Agriculture at Historic, Pivotal Point
When the 2014 Farm Bill became law, it marked a pivotal moment in the history of U.S. farm policy. The new Farm Bill eliminated direct payments and replaced them with Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) that farmers must choose between. The Farm Bill also stressed the importance of Federal Crop Insurance […]
CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION: Keith Miller, Great Bend, Kansas
Great Bend, Kansas, farmer Keith Miller looks at the big picture. Crop insurance, he declared, is not just an agricultural safety net for the farming community. It is an economic imperative. “I do feel that the general public doesn’t understand that 95 percent of all farmers are trying to do the right thing,” he said. […]
Linda Vickers Presented Crop Insurance Industry Lifetime Achievement Award
Linda Vickers, Rural Community Insurance Services (retired), was presented with a 2013 Crop Insurance Industry Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention. Ms. Vickers was raised on a cattle and wheat farm in northwest Oklahoma. She attended college at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and graduated with Bachelor of Arts In 1969 […]
